Buhari Supporters Stone Jonathan Convoy
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The stoning of Goodluck Jonathan’s first campaign stop in the northern, predominately Muslim, state of Nassarawa is yet another sign of Nigeria’s polarization around the 2011 elections. Sahara Reporters reported on Monday that Jonathan’s convoy was stoned in Lafia by youths supporting opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari. The piece also quotes a political observer who suggests that this portends future anger in the North about Jonathan’s candidacy, and in the South against Buhari’s.
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